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Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia signing the wedding register, 1922
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Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia signing the wedding register, 1922
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Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota, May 21, 1917
They will probably marry some obscure young tradesmen or artisans in the Crimea and settle down to memories of their former high estate.
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The Day Book, Chicago, January 3, 1916
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The Graphic, London, May 25, 1907
The Grand Duke Alexis Nicolaivitch [Alexei Nikolaevich] is not yet three years old, having been born on July 30, 1904, while his country was in the throes of the Russo-Japanese Campaign. The future Tsar is here shown wearing his first pair of knickerbockers.
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The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Utah, May 7, 1922
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 25, 1896
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, August 23, 1896
In 1896 Tsarina Alexandra had been married to Nicholas II for two years.
Helen Keller was 16 years old.
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Arizona Weekly Citizen, Tuscon, December 1, 1894
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London, July 22, 1898
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Hesse, November 10, 1894
Mathilde Kschessinska, a ballerina of Polish ancestry, was mistress to Tsar Nicholas II while he was still Tsesarevich, for three years, from 1890 until 1894, when he married Alix of Hesse.

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Maria Nikolaevna at the Alexander Palace, 1915